Making Silver Rings At Home

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Making silver rings at home.

Learning how to make rings is easy and opens up endless possibilities for personalization. I prefer standard 8 gauge half round wire for ring making but you could use. Rings are my favorite piece of jewelry to collect wear and make. This article describes the steps on how to make a three part silver ring made of sterling.

Start with simple ring bands or stacking rings you can make by simply combining silver wire with basic metalsmithing and texturing tools likes hammers and files. Making sterling silver jewelry is a hobby for some and a business for others. Making silver jewelry at home requires specific supplies patience and practice. For a home delivered supply of inspiring silversmithing projects along with information about jewelry making tools gemstones and new gem discoveries faceting and other gem designs for the lapidary and trends in the jewelry industry all things of interest to both accomplished and aspiring jewelry makers subscribe to lapidary journal.

Using a relatively inexpensive metal and casting it in an ingot mold you can create a sophisticated design at the low price point many cash strapped consumers are looking for these days. Just stir in peroxide until until the gunk re removes itself from the items. Absolute beginners may benefit most from taking a beginning level class in silversmithing under the supervision of a professional metalworker. A tall tackle box seems to work best for jewelry making especially when you take classes.

Silver clay is a great way to get started if you can get hold of it but you can also cut attach or mold solid sterling silver with a jeweler s saw soldering kit or hammer and anvil. As an additional precaution make sure to only use household strength store bought peroxide and vinegar 3 and 5 strength respectively if you add peroxide in order to avoid accidentally. Don t worry if you make a mistake or have to clean nickel silver.